What are the growth prospects for someone in a Chief of Staff role? Additionally, how long should someone stay in such a role?
Take up such a role in late stages of your career, only when you have enough experience and understanding of various functions of the business, and also carry enough weight around, that can drive change. Lot of freshers take similar roles, but are only glorified note takers. You can spend last stages of career in that, even with a shot at ceo or becoming part of board
Disagree with above comment. Take this up early for exposure to multiple functions and see what you like. The likelihood of being a glorified ea depends on firm or founder, not on your workex
If possible - get a pnl or pm role directly, those are anyways the eventual end point for CoS
Sure, grab opportunity to gain exposure, but what value will you add... Roles exist for you to add value, and not for you to gain exposure... Why take up something where you are plan burden.
ToughTruth62
Stealth
a year ago
Thanks for the replies. I have approximately 4.5 years of work ex spread across investment banking, consulting, and buy side. How long do you guys suppose in a role like this, without being typecast as a glorified EA
Gain exposure on revenue generation roles, work with tech teams and start speaking their language, work with support teams like HR, finance, legal and understand their value add and limitations.. Basically exposure to every profit center and cost center... That will take few years, hence my comment to take up Cos roles towards late stage of career
ToughTruth62
Stealth
a year ago
But don’t you suppose this will accelerate someone’s growth? Exposure to all at these things at an earlier stage? Companies will eventually realize that they don’t need to pay someone a CoS salary to take notes, so the exposure will come
